Control of Pathdef Output Hierarchy

I am trying to control the hierarchy of a pathdef.m file. I want matlab scripts located on a network drive (P:) to be above the default Matlab toolbox locations (C:). To me it seems like the output of the pathdef is alphabetical. Is there a way to control output of pathdef list? I want to organize pathdef hierarchy.

Answer 1

[Fangjun Jiang]

You can run pathtool to move up/down the folder manually.

If you want to make sure certain folders are always at the top of the path, I suggest you use addpath(). You can place this addpath() command in your startup.m file.

Answer 2

[Jan]

No, the output of PATHDEF is not alphabetical. It equals the order the folders are inserted to the path. E.g. a folder added by "addpath(FolderName, '-end')" remains at the end. This is a very essential behaviour.